Try That in a Small Town features lyrics threatening violence against protesters and has been removed from Country Music Television, but Aldean says it is a celebration of community
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Idk I’ve lived here for nearly 30 years and it’s absolutely news to me that promoting violence is unamerican. Especially in a small town. Motherfuckers in small towns will brag about couch guns while daring the president to come to town. Small town motherfuckers will use gallows as a decoration. These people’s issues with blm protests in a small town isn’t violence it’s black people.
Also they never minded when the ones being rounded up were the gays or the Japanese or native Americans or Latines. But sure you fucking hicks need to be afraid. Fuck off and arm a synagogue instead.
For the love of God please just say latinos. You don’t need to police our language.
Latines is better than Latinx which is a monstrous perversion, but spanish is just fine the way it is.
Ah yes, the representative of the Latinos.
That’s a pretty shit take from the guy who was LITERALLY on stage when the Las Vegas shooter started firing into the crowd.
Why do I suspect his ass is the first to flee when shit gets real? Doubt he can live up to his own lyrics, evidence has shown most of these people can’t.
The song’s lyrics include the lines: “Cuss out a cop, spit in his face / Stomp on the flag and light it up / Yeah, you think you’re tough / Well, try that in a small town / See how far you make it down the road / Around here, we take care of our own.”
Later, Aldean alludes to a conspiracy theory that the US government intends to round up its citizens: “Got a gun that my granddad gave me / They say one day they’re gonna round up / Well, that shit might fly in the city, good luck.”
Who does he think does the rounding up?
The feds, obviously. Feds v cops is one of those city mouse country mouse dichotomies.
It’s just comical watching American men get salty. I bet his hands are super soft and he has a big truck with a pristine bed.
Look at that pampered baby face of his. He probably has a fussy skin care regimen and spends more time in a spa every week than most people do in a year. But he needs to pander to the testosterone-obsessed truckbro pissbaby demographic to make his money.
piss kidney
What’s sad is the controversy will make the song more popular with country fans.
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Country music enthusiasts be like: “Yeah I listen to country music, it’s not like that rap trash that just talks about naked girls and sex”
Country music: “Little mama got those painted on blue jeans and curves like a highway I’m going to ride all night long”
My kind of country music:
“There’s a gateway in our minds That leads somewhere out there, far beyond this plane Where reptile aliens made of light Cut you open and pull out all your pain Tell me how you make illegal Something that we all make in our brain Some say you might go crazy But then again, it might make you go sane”
I’m more of a Buck Owens kinda guy but I could listen to a country song like this.
Sturgill Simpson! Song is called Turtles all the way down and the music video is also pretty epic.
Sweet. I will check it out!
I checked it out. Damn that’s cool. Sound reminds me of vintage country like maybe Glenn Campbell. Love the topic. Thanks!
A “celebration of community” would have lyrics about helping each other, attending local events and supporting local businesses. It would reference knowing people’s names, watching families grow up together, pitching in to help neighbours and being able to relax & feel content.
It shouldn’t contain combative themes, othering, divisive language and threats of violence.
Anyone talking honestly about southern community is going to come off real anarchist/communist/leftist/whatever. A large part of rural life is mutual aid, a staple of leftist movements. Rural people vote conservative because they’re told to hate someone else though, and that’s it. Ideologically they are more leftist, though often with conservative social values regarding family and faith.
This will be the trump campaign tune. At least until he’s incarcerated.
Still so much better than “Fortunate Son” lol
Reeeeal grand of the Guardian to criticize the lyrics of someone’s song when they never called the Black Lives Matters rioters uh rioters. Insane hypocrisy from some leftist media.
Now do rap music.
Ironically, Aldean is an Arabic name. Someone should tell him.
